Films

SCHOOL OF MY DREAMS:

A return to Daraja Academy, the unique boarding school in Kenya devoted to the education of exceptional girls living in poverty. A follow-up to the original award-winning GIRLS OF DARAJA. Executive Producer: Deborah Santana

A BROADWAY LULLABY:

Provides an intimate look at the heart of the artistic process of the celebrated Broadway singers, composers, world-class jazz musicians, and beloved children’s book artists contributing to ‘Over The Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project’ --- a unique collection of original music and art to combat breast cancer. Executive Producers: Jodi & Daniel Glucksman

Official Selection: 2012 DOC NYC

GIRLS OF DARAJA:

Celebrating the unique and powerful Daraja Academy: a free secondary school for exceptional girls in rural Kenya. Daraja and its supporters believe educated girls can transcend poverty and change the world. Executive Producer: Deborah Santana

Winner: Audience Favorite
2011 Film Festival of Colorado

Winner: Jury Prize for Best Short Doc
2010 Lights Camera Help Film Festival

Closing Night Film: Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Festival

Official Selection: Santa Cruz Film Festival, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, Taos Shortz Film Fest, Ridgewood Film Festival

ROAD TO INGWAVUMA (ing-wah-VOOM-ah) documents some of America’s greatest
artists — including Alfre Woodard, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson
Jackson, Carlos Santana, CCH Pounder, Jurnee Smollett and others — on
their journey of service through post-apartheid South Africa. The
mission: to support the country’s children in the fight against extreme
poverty and the raging AIDS pandemic. With Artists for a New South Africa and appearances by former President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Executive Producer & Narrator: Deborah Santana

Opening Night Film
Boston International Film Festival

Closing Night Film
Creatively Speaking, BAM

Official Selection
Mill Valley Film Festival, Columbia University Forum on Global Health & Human Rights, CAA Foundation screening, New York Women In Film & Television NYC screening, Time Warner Center special screening

“I can’t recall ever having seen a film with that much humanity, generosity, kindness: the best of who we are.” – Albert Maysles, legendary documentarian

“Just as the film captures the beauty, the resilience, the energy, the strength, the dynamism of our country, it also shows the pain.” – Justice Albie Sachs, Constitutional Court of South Africa

SOUNDS SACRED:

Exploring the unique and powerful ways human beings connect with the spiritual through sound.

A visual essay of distinct practices of voice, rhythm, and ritual including the chanting of Benedictine nuns in New England, the sounding of six-foot Moroccan horns at ancient Roman ruins, Native American flute against an urban backdrop, Javanese gamelan players, sacred sounds of Iraq, and rich American gospel music. The soundmakers and best-selling author Deepak Chopra speak to sound’s profound relevance to the spirit.